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So we’re in week three of my experiment in how the other half live and this is starting to feel like a new normal for me. It’s been really interesting (depending on which camp...

Week two of my iPhone adventure is underway and it’s interesting to find that once I got my regular use apps installed, it’s not a chore to use. In fact, stuff just works! The...

One of the criticisms I regularly hear from my iFan friends is that I don’t know what it’s like in “their world”. I think some of them work under the pretence that, because I...

So it seems that Apple and Google can play nice together at times after all with Apple Music now available on Assistant devices in some countries. For now, Apple Music can be used...

Each year as technology evolves, as a bit of a geek what I carry changes slowly and steadily. There’s almost always at least one review device, a couple of phones, a tablet, laptop and...

Well, this is one for the books -- US Customs and Border Protection have seized a significant number of OnePlus Buds as "counterfeit Apple Airpods". The estimated value of the seizure was "2,000...

The Internet was abuzz yesterday after Epic Games baited Apple and Google into removing them from their respective app stores. This obviously followed Epic's game plan to a tee because they had their...

Apple have come a long with with their maps app ever since its first appearance but it still lags behind Google Maps in many ways. Until now users of Apple CarPlay have been...

It's interesting watching the international accusations of anti-competitive practices between large and small companies, and even states / nations and large companies. One thing that often surprises us is how much Apple with their...

Although smartphone sales have been slowing for a while now the sharp decline in Q1 of 2020, although not surprising, have been dramatic -- a massive 272 million units from Q4 2019. Counterpoint Research...

For years now we’ve been increasingly needy with what we want from our mobile devices. That list of wants and needs is continually growing. Now we’re all wanting bigger and better screens, cameras that are...

We are in unprecedented times in so many ways, and just to punctuate that point Google and Apple have announced a joint venture to enable cross playroom functionality. In a move that would previous...

I’m an unashamed Android fan, I love the OS, what it stands for and the open-source base. Android has brought us lots of good things - a customisable user interface, lots of great apps,...

During the last few weeks movie theatres and cinemas have been shut by governments due to the COVID-19 pandamemic. This has caused a lot of movies including Onward, Frozen II, Troll's World Tour, The Invisible...

LG has announced that some of its Smart TV range will be getting an update that will see Apple TV pre-installed on them. LG, which late last year started to add Apple's AirPlay 2 and...